Transfering from a domestic flight to international flight

[casper77]

Hi everyone
Just wanting some advice as this time when I go OS im doing the whole leaving from my home city (Canberra) flying to Sydney and than that same morning flying out to LA (flying qantas the whole way). My question is (silly question but anyways) how do i transfer to my international flight. In Canberra will they give me a boarding pass for my international flight? and when I get to Sydney do i collect my bag and than go to the transfer desk that I have read about on the qantas flight? Or will it all get checked through in Canberra and do I need to say i am catching a qantas international flight?

All advice is so greatly appreciated.

 

[straitman]

casper77,

Welcome to AFF.

You will be able to check your bags all the way through to LA and you should be able to get your boarding pass for the International leg in Canberra.

At Canberra airport look for the checkin desk that does International connections. They will want to see your Passport as part of the process. In Sydney just go to the transfer desk and catch the shuttle to the International terminal. You should not need any further checkin in Sydney so just go through customs/immigration and you are done.

 

[nlagalle]

Hi everyone
Just wanting some advice as this time when I go OS im doing the whole leaving from my home city (Canberra) flying to Sydney and than that same morning flying out to LA (flying qantas the whole way). My question is (silly question but anyways) how do i transfer to my international flight. In Canberra will they give me a boarding pass for my international flight? and when I get to Sydney do i collect my bag and than go to the transfer desk that I have read about on the qantas flight? Or will it all get checked through in Canberra and do I need to say i am catching a qantas international flight?

All advice is so greatly appreciated.

Hi Casper and welcome to AFF!

Yes you can get your bags checked through to LAX from Canberra, and get both boarding passes. I'm not sure if Canberra has a dedicated international connections desk or not.

But at SYD take the transfer bus from opposite Gate 2.

Cheers,

Nick

 

[Ewing]

I'm not sure if Canberra has a dedicated international connections desk or not.

I've never noticed one (I'm based in CBR). I've always checked in at the business counter - and you need to check in 45 minutes before your flight (as opposed to 30 minutes for a standard domestic).

One thing though, remember to take your print out itinerary if you have multiple bookings. I forgot mine once (CBR-SYD on one, SYD-NAN on another) and had to pull out my laptop and find the booking at qantas.com before they'd check me through.

But yes, with the info, CBR staff will happily check you through. I've done it a number of times for an international connection on a separate booking, and I've also done it for three separate bookings (CBR-SYD on one with QF, SYD-LAX on another with QF, and LAX-JFK on a third with AA).

 

[FlyboyAl]

just one tip - make sure you have a copy of your itinerary with you when you check in. Just occasionally, they ask you for it.
Also don't forget to do the ESTA thing for visitors to the LOTFAP and make sure you fill in the information on the QF website.
you basically need your first nights address to keep the system happy.
Welcome to the forum, and enjoy your trip

 

[jamesatfish]

Welcome to AFF!

As others have noted, you can check in at any Qantas desk in CBR and you'll get boarding passes right through to LAX, with your bags tagged accordingly. No need to transfer your luggage in Sydney - just yourself using the free Qantas bus service.

Depending on your class of travel the CBR staff can also provide your express immigration cards for SYD, and they'll give you the outgoing passenger cards too.

You don't mention when you are travelling - CBR is only really busy first thing in the morning but if you're on an early flight out of CBR try getting to the airport with at least 90 mintutes before your domestic flight to allow for the checkin and security queues.

 

[harvyk]

There is an international check-in's desk at CBR, it's on the right hand side of the check-in counters. That said any counter can check you in for your CBR-SYD flight and your SYD - LAX flight.

You may need to get a new boarding pass in SYD, as from memory CBR and SYD T1 have different gate machines. (I'm pretty sure it's SYD that I had trouble with boarding passes, my last international flight went through BNE, not SYD, so they may have changed things)

 

[jamesatfish]

All good advice, except of course no one stopped to ask the OP which airline he was flying. It seems it was assumed he was flying Qantas to Sydney then onto the US. In which case the advice is correct, Ie check in at least 45 minutes before, get boarding pass for both flights, in Sydney go to the transfer lounge near gate 2, once in Sydney go through Immigration and security.

However if he is flying Virgin Blue to Sydney or Qantas to Sydney and a different airline to the US then the procedures etc may well be different.

Very true, but the OP does list that he is flying Qantas all the way (though I'm not sure if that note was there in the original post or was added as a follow-up).

 

[Formal Hall]

Sorry to revive ancient thread, but how early can I drop off luggage with QF at CBR for a domestic-international connection? Departing Canberra on QF and connecting to EK BNE-DXB - all on one ticket, no status.

I would be keen to checkin and bag drop mid-morning for the evening departure, as cannot OLCI or select seats on EK as my first leg is on QF. Work nearby so it would not be a detour for me.

 

[cmon0005]

would be keen to checkin and bag drop mid-morning for the evening departure, as cannot OLCI or select seats on EK as my first leg is on QF.

If you call QF and get the EK reference number from them you should be able to select seats for the emirates leg on the emirates manage booking site.

 

[Formal Hall]

I have all the PNRs and have tried through manage booking; problem is that seat selection seems to close at T-48 and can only be done though OLCI; which EK website won't let me do as first leg is on QF.